Khurshid Ahmad | |
|---|---|
خورشید احمد | |
| Born | 23 March 1932 |
| Nationality |  Pakistan |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics (Islamics) |
| Institution | Karachi University University of Leicester Institute of Policy Studies Planning Commission |
| School or tradition | Islamic economic jurisprudence |
| Alma mater | Government College University University of Leicester International Islamic University |
| Influences | Capitalism Perspectives on capitalism Conservatism |
| Contributions | Islamic economics and conservatism |
| Awards | King Faisal International Prize Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Order of Excellence) (2011) |
Khurshīd Ahmad (Urdu: خورشید احمد; born 23 March 1932) PhD, DSc, NI, is a Pakistani economist, philosopher, politician, and an Islamic activist who helped to develop Islamic economic jurisprudence as an academic discipline and one of the co-founders (along with Khurram Murad) of The Islamic Foundation in Leicester, UK.
A senior conservative figure, he has been long-standing party worker of the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) party, where he successfully ran for Senate in the general elections held in 2002 on a platform of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). He served in the Senate until 2012.[1] He played his role as a policy adviser in Zia administration when he chaired the Planning Commission, focusing on the role of Islamising the country's national economy in the 1980s.
- ^ Hathaway, Robert M.; Lee, Wilson; Husain, Ishrat (2004). Islamization and the Pakistani economy. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 141, GoogleBooks. Retrieved 21 April 2020.